Foreign Warship On Bosphorus (Part 36)

The Canadian frigate F-333 HMCS Toronto making her southbound passage through Bosphorus.

Before the two NATO ships passed through the Bosphorus there was F-511 TCG Heybeeliada.

Today, in the morning hours, the Task Unit 2 of Standing NATO Maritime Group 2, consisting of the Canadian frigate F-333 HMCS Toronto and the Spanish frigate F-102 ESPS Almirante Juan de Borbón made their southbound passage through Bosphorus and left the Black Sea.

With their departure , the French intelligence gathering Ship A-759 FS Dupuy De Lome remains the only non-Black Sea nation NATO ship in the region. The other French warship in the Black Sea F-796 FS Commandat Birot made her passage through the Bosphorus on 23 September 2014.

FS Commandat Birot passing through the Bosphorus. Photo: Yörük Işık. Used with permission.